Title & Author:

Greening the city : urban landscapes in the twentieth century / edited by Dorothee Brantz and Sonja Dümpelmann.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

Description:

vi, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I CONSTRUCTING GREEN URBAN SPACES : Integrating city and nature: urban planning debates in Sofia, Bulgaria / Sonia Hirt -- Green and modern: planning Mexico City, 1900 -- 1940 / Alfonso Valenzuela Aguilera -- pt. II NATURE AND URBAN IDENTITY : Mediterranean reflections: reconstructing nature in modern Barcelona / Gary McDonogh -- German ideologies of city and nature: the creation and reception of Schiller Park in Berlin / Stefanie Hennecke -- Race, recreation, and the conflict between public and private nature in twentieth-century Los Angeles / Lawrence Culver -- pt. III THE FUNCTION OF NATURE IN THE CITY : Nature, sport, and the European city: London and Helsinki, 1880 -- 2005 / Jarmo Saarikivi -- From the "Functional City" to the "Heart of the City": green space and public space in the CIAM Debates of 1942 -- 1952 / Konstanze Sylva Domhardt -- pt. IV ECOLOGY AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT : Property rights, popular ecology, and problems with wild plants in twentieth-century American cities / Zachary J.S. Falck -- Building an "Urban Homestead": survival, self-sufficiency, and nature in Seattle, 1970 -- 1980 / Jeffrey Craig Sanders -- The making of an urban ecology: biological expertise and wildlife preservation in West Berlin / Jens Lachmund.

Summary:

The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and other plants are an integral part of the urban environment. Often the focal points of social movements and political interests, green spaces represent far more than simply an effort to balance the man-made with the natural. A city's history with--and approach to--its parks and gardens reveals much about its workings and the forces acting upon it. Our green spaces offer a unique and valuable window on the history of city life. The essays in Greening the City span over a century of urban history, moving from fin-de-siècle Sofia to green efforts in urban Seattle. The authors present a wide array of cases that speak to global concerns through the local and specific, with topics that include green-space planning in Barcelona and Mexico City, the distinction between public and private nature in Los Angeles, the ecological diversity of West Berlin, and the historical and cultural significance of hybrid spaces designed for sports.--From publisher description.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780813931142 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0813931142 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813931388 (e-book)
081393138X (e-book)

Subject:

Urban ecology (Sociology)
Social ecology.
City planning.
Garden cities.
Public spaces.
Sustainable living.
Sustainable architecture.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Écologie urbaine.
Écologie sociale.
Cités-jardins.
Espaces publics.
Style de vie durable.
Architecture durable.
urban environments.
human ecology.
garden cities.

Added entries:

Brantz, Dorothee.
Duempelmann, Sonja.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275025
Call No.: BIB 209020
Status: Available